The 1995 Hessian state election was held on 19 February 1995 to elect the members of the 14th Landtag of Hesse. The outgoing government was a coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Greens led by Minister-President Hans Eichel.
The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) returned as the largest party despite small losses. The SPD lost two seats, but the governing coalition was overall returned with a slightly increased majority due to gains made by the Greens. Hans Eichel was re-elected as Minister-President at the start of April.
The CDU has been the largest party in every election since the 1995 Hessian state election. Parties The table below lists parties represented in the previous Landtag of Hesse. Name Ideology Leader(s) 1991 result Votes (%) Seats SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany Social democracy Hans Eichel 40.8% CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany Christian democracy Manfred Kanther 40.2% Grüne Alliance 90/The Greens Green politics Iris BlaulRupert von Plottnitz 8.8% FDP Free Democratic Party Classical liberalism Ruth Wagner 7.4%
Election result Party Constituency Party list Totalseats +/- Votes % Seats Votes % +/- Seats Christian Democratic Union 1,154,821 41.88 30 1,084,146 39.16 -1.05 15 45 -1 Social Democratic Party 1,121,943 40.69 25 1,051,452 37.97 -2.86 19 44 2 Alliance 90/The Greens 264,117 9.58 0 309,897 11.19 +2.38 13 13 3 Free Democratic Party 129,745 4.71 0 206,173 7.45 -0.05 8 8 0 The Republicans 47,254 1.71 0 54,775 1.98 +0.32 0 0 0 The Grays – Gray Panthers 4,705 0.17 0 10,788 0.39 -0.17 0 0 0 League of Free Citizens 4,350 0.15 0 8,570 0.31 New 0 0 New National Democratic Party 9,543 0.35 0 7,795 0.28 New 0 0 New Party of Bible-abiding Christians 4,397 0.16 0 6,780 0.24 +0.01 0 0 0 Motorists' and Citizens' Interest Party 932 0.03 0 6,666 0.24 New 0 0 New Ecological Democratic Party 3,521 0.13 0 5,248 0.19 -0.11 0 0 0 Statt Party 5,015 0.18 0 5,227 0.19 New 0 0 New Natural Law Party 3,909 0.14 0 4,522 0.16 New 0 0 New German Communist Party 1,261 0.05 0 3,291 0.12 New 0 0 New For Non, First, and Protest Voters 369 0.01 0 2,199 0.08 New 0 0 New German Homeland Party 306 0.01 0 808 0.03 New 0 0 New Civil Rights Movement Soliarity 557 0.02 0 484 0.02 New 0 0 New Independents 401 0.01 0 – 0 0 Christian Centre 119 0.00 0 – 0 New Party of Willing Workers and Disadvantaged 39 0.00 0 – 0 New Total 2,757,304 100.00 55 2,768,821 100.00 55 110 0 Invalid 75,725 2.67 64,208 2.27 Turnout 2,833,029 66.27 2,833,029 66.27 -4.53 Registered voters 4,275,027 4,275,027
Sources Landtagswahlen in Hessen 1946 — 2009